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From the greatly praised author ofMachine DreamsandShelter, a major new novel. MotherKindis the story of Kate, whose care for her terminally ill mother coincides with the birth of her first child and the early months of a young marriage. She must, in a single year, come to terms with radiant beginnings and profound loss.MotherKindis a delicately layered narrative in which the details of daily life resonate with import and meaning. We enter Kate's present world of first and second families, babies and lively stepchildren, neighbors and friends, baby-sitters and wise strangers. Images of her not-so-long-ago past intermingle in a turning of the seasons marked by the gradual fading of her mother, the strong woman who has been her friend, her guiding star and her counterpart across a divide of experience and years. MotherKindimmerses us in a very contemporary situation, yet deals with timeless themes. Even as Kate's relationship with her mother embodies her childhood and adolescence in another place, she must decide what "home" is, and how to translate all she has come from into what she will carry forward. As her baby grows and her mother becomes increasingly ill, Kate realizes how inextricably linked we are, even in separation -- across generations, cultures, time; across death itself. It is the triumph ofMotherKindthat Kate's complex experience of being -- and losing -- a mother is so deeply and luminously portrayed.
| ISBN-13 | 9780375401947 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0375401946 |
| Weight | 1.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.75 x 1.25 x 9.50 In |
| List Price | $24.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 304 pages |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Published On | 2000-04-18 |
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